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Complications of paravalvular leak closure
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session addresses the complexities and risks associated with paravalvular leak (PVL) closure. It offers detailed analysis of principal complications, prevention techniques, and practical management strategies shared by experienced operators. Case studies illustrate complications such as device embolisation, prosthetic valve disc impingement, and delivery failures, along...
Pills and pumps: targeting heart failure before and after surgical and transcatheter valve interventions
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session examines the integrated role of heart failure therapies in the peri- and post-procedural management of patients undergoing surgical and transcatheter valve interventions. It reviews current and emerging clinical trial data, discusses identifying high-risk patients, and explores advanced modalities such as cardiac resynchronization and circulatory...
TAVI: alternative access - Part 2
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session addresses alternative access routes for TAVI in patients with challenging vascular anatomy. Topics include transapical valve-in-valve procedures complicated by severe aortic regurgitation, percutaneous TAVI via the brachiocephalic trunk, and strategies for managing hostile vascular anatomies. Solutions for scenarios where transfemoral TAVI is not feasible...
Featured research - TAVI - Part 13
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session delves into key clinical and procedural advances in TAVI, including the randomized PAF-TAVI trial assessing amiodarone for preventing post-TAVI atrial fibrillation, cost comparisons of balloon-expandable tissue preservation valves versus other devices, leaflet modification methods to reduce coronary obstruction risk, optimization techniques for valve-in-valve TAVI...
Challenging mitral interventions
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session explores the complexities of mitral interventions, highlighting advancements and challenges in transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR). Topics include the benefits of a simplified single-step TMVR approach, the influence of hemodynamic parameters on MitraClip therapy outcomes, strategies for managing persistent pulmonary oedema, and approaches to...
TAVI complications - Part 4
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session focuses on complex complications encountered in TAVI procedures, presenting challenging cases such as combined adverse events, wire-related technical difficulties, differential diagnosis between hypoattenuated leaflet thickening and infective endocarditis one year post-TAVI, issues caused by fractured sheath tips impacting valve expansion, and sinus breaches. These...
TAVI and coronary artery disease - Part 2
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session focuses on the intersection of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and coronary artery disease, addressing complex clinical scenarios. It covers innovative approaches such as double "chimney" stenting with balloon-expandable TAVI, strategies for high-risk TAVR combined with multivessel PCI, advances in Medtronic Fx+ TAVR technology,...
TAVI: technical tips and tricks
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session provides practical technical guidance for TAVI procedures emphasizing multimodality imaging for ultra-low contrast implantation, contrast-free techniques tailored for type 0 bicuspid aortic valves, and innovative bailout strategies for rapid pacing failure. It also covers advanced access management approaches in contrast-zero TAVI and current commissural...
When the interventional cardiologist meets the surgeon
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session highlights collaborative approaches between interventional cardiologists and surgeons in complex valve interventions. It includes cases such as transfemoral valve-in-valve TAVI in bio-Bentall patients with chronic aortic dissection, critical decision-making in life-threatening scenarios, the importance of access choice in TMVR, mechanical leaflet modification of failed...
Complications of mitral TEER
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session addresses complications associated with mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER), showcasing innovative bailout methods such as snare-assisted retrieval of undeployed devices, managing leaflet perforations with latest-generation devices, cases of valve-adjacent tears, mechanical support considerations when pumps fail, and the clinical impact of iatrogenic fossa ovalis...
Paravalvular leak closure - Part 4
18 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session delves into the complexities of paravalvular leak closure with a focus on challenging scenarios including unusual TAVI complications in the mitral position, management of mega paravalvular leaks using jumbo devices, and strategies when closure itself poses an obstacle. It also covers acute peri-operative aortic...
Transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve: transcatheter rescue, balloon migration & more
17 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session addresses transcatheter mitral valve-in-valve and valve-in-ring interventions in complex clinical contexts. It includes cases of rescue procedures in valvular dysfunction, ECMO-assisted mitral valve-in-ring implantation in severe left ventricular dysfunction, and innovative approaches to mitral ring anatomy challenges, offering practical insights and procedural tips for...
Complex combined interventions - Part 3
17 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session highlights complex combined transcatheter interventions, demonstrating simultaneous management of multiple valvular and aortic pathologies. Cases include percutaneous treatment of degenerated bioprosthetic valves, TAVI in rheumatic small annuli with multivalvular disease, and endovascular repair of ascending aortic pseudoaneurysm, illustrating comprehensive strategies for multifaceted cardiovascular disease.
Percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy in unusual scenarios
17 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session examines percutaneous mitral balloon commissurotomy applied in unusual and challenging scenarios. It covers advanced techniques such as wire-guided Inoue balloon valvuloplasty post annuloplasty, strategies for severe mitral calcification, and innovative simplifications of established methods, emphasizing the ongoing relevance of this procedure in complex mitral...
Leaflet modification techniques: latest acronyms, concepts and best practice
17 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
Gain comprehensive insights into leaflet modification techniques with a focus on the latest acronyms, concepts, and best practices. This session covers step-by-step approaches to transcatheter electrosurgical leaflet modification, including BASILICA, SHORTCUT, and UNICORN, alongside troubleshooting strategies and the innovative SURPLUS surgical technique.
Mitral paravalvular leak closure: procedural planning and step-by-step performance
17 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session provides an expert overview of mitral paravalvular leak closure, emphasizing critical clinical and anatomical selection criteria. It covers essential pre-procedural imaging and planning strategies, complemented by an educational recorded case and a review of immediate and long-term procedural outcomes.
Heart Team management of complex valve disease
17 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
Explore the dynamics of managing complex valve disease within a multidisciplinary Heart Team framework. This session discusses strategies for building and sustaining high-functioning teams, integrating multimodality imaging, clinical risk assessment, AI tools, and patient preferences into decision-making, alongside effective communication methods to support collaborative care.
Featured research - TAVI: MELA, ViMech & more
17 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session presents cutting-edge research on Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI), focusing on comparative outcomes between Myval and Evolut valves in large aortic annuli, the role of balloon post-dilation in self- and balloon-expandable valves, and novel valve-in-mechanical valve replacement approaches. Long-term follow-up data contrasting surgical aortic...
Featured research - TAVI: procedural optimization
17 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
Delve into comprehensive analyses of TAVI procedural outcomes and innovations in this session. Topics include the impact of intercoronary angles on coronary overlap with Evolut valves, mechanisms behind superior outcomes with the latest balloon-expandable valves, and predictive modeling of hemodynamics using physics-enhanced digital twins. Additionally, sex-specific...
TAVI: high coronary risk - Part 2
17 Nov 2025 – From PCR London Valves 2025
This session addresses the challenges and solutions related to high coronary risk in TAVI procedures. Topics include advanced coronary protection strategies, innovative approaches to complex valve-in-valve interventions, the benefits of balloon-assisted techniques, management of right coronary cusp obstruction through UNICORN technology, and prevention of sinus sequestration...
